562 WILSON EXPEDITION TO CHINA 
Subgen. OXYCOCCUS Hook. 
Vaccinium japonicum Miquel in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. I. 28 (1863- 
1864). — Maximowiez in Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Pétersbourg, XVIII. 40 
(1870); in Mél. Biol. VIII. 604 (1872).— Franchet and Savatier, 
Enum. Fl. Jap. I. 280 (1875). — Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 
16 (1889). — Pampanini in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. n. ser. XVII. 683 
(1910). — Schneider, Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. II. 561 (1911). 
Western Hupeh: Changyang, woodlands, alt. 1300 m., October 
1907 (No. 244; shrub 30-60 cm. tall, fruit dark scarlet); without 
locality, August 1900 (Veitch Exped. No. 1621); without locality, 
A. Henry (Nos. 6021, 6431*, 2826). Eastern Szech’uan: north 
Wushan, A. Henry (No. 6431). Western Szech’uan: west and 
near Wén-ch’uan Hsien, woodlands, alt. 1300-2000 m., October 1908 
(No. 971; bush 30-60 em., fruit red). 
'T'his species is common in dry situations in open woods of Pine and Oak. The 
Chinese plant appears to have usually narrower leaves than the Japanese plant. 
